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Feb. 27, 1923. 1,446,592

R. M. SMYTHE DISH DRAINER Filed May 8, 1919 WI T/VESSES INVENTOR fi/CHAFD Maw m5,

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Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

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'Dish' Drainer, of which the following is a,

full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to dish washing ap- 10' paratus, and more particularly the invention 7 relates to-a dish drain r.

I An object of the invention is. to provide 'a dish drainer apparatus into which dishes 'may be placed and scalded prior to the dry 17 It isa broad object of this invention to provide a newzand usefully improved form of dish drying rack which will find broad and effective use in. kitchens, and in hotels.

restaurants and dish drying institutions.

It is also an object or having a removable drainordrip rack to facilitate washing and cleansing, of the severalparts. i

Finally, it

is an object to provide a sirnplified form of dish drainer or drying rack which will be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, simple and efficient in use and v which will fill a long-felt need for a dish drainer in the home or other institutions,

WVith the above principal, and other objects in view the invention has relation to a certain. combination and arrangement of parts, an example of which is described in the following specification, pointed out in the appended claims. and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

view of. the dish drainer. Figure 2 shows a front view of the dish drainer. Y

Figure 3 shows perspective; view oi the dish drainer placed in position for use.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a practical example or embodiment of the dish drainer, and show a dish oontainer coniprising a bottom 4 with'integrally formed ide walls 5 and a rear wall 6. The upper edge is turned over in the form of a head 7 V of the container.

the dish container.

Figure' 1 shows a longitudinal sectional form a finishing rim upon the upper er of the dish contalner. The forward ends of the walls 5 are finished on a curve or round ed off to impart symmetry and refinement in design and construction. The head 7 is continued along the perimeter of thewall 5 and merges :with the'bottom ewe at this point bottom 4% is turned under in the form of ahead 9 to impart strength aid ri idity to the sheet metal dish container. The dish container, therefore,comprises a dish holding pan with bottom sides and rear wall, but with the front end thereof for med open.

The container will be manufactured of suit- ;bers'11 is riveted or'i'otherwise securely attached to the backend of the dish container.

The supporting legs are formed from a sin- I the present 1nven-.- tion to provlde a dish dramer apparatusgle piece of stock matenal bent in the form of ayoke such that the bottom portion will rest in position on a table or shelf and the upstanding ends 11 be riveted to t e walls rack is placed inside of This member comprises a flat sheet of g auze. i -aterial 12 tu. led upwardly at the rront end t icreof as indicated by the numeral 18. The gauze is reinforced A dish supporting by spacer rods l t which are fixed to the gauze material regular intervals and spaced sufliciently together to adequately support a considerable weight or load of dishes placed upon the upper portion of the gauze rack. The spacer rods act as legs to support the dish-rack in a spaced relation ahovethe floor all Thefforwardly upturned end 13 of the dish rack is provided with an upper finishing rod'l'5 to which is attached and soldered obvious that by thus providing for engagement of the rack with the side walls of the container 1 am enabled tcsupport the rack in connection with the container without The support rack can be "quickly removed from. the container and: the parts washed sink.

special connecting means on the latter for this purpose. I am also enabled to support the rack in place by means which leave the side walls of the container with flat unbroken surfaces so that a highly sanitary condition may be maintained at all times by 'virtue of the ease with which the container separately.

This form of' dish drainer will adequately till a long-felt want for a household and hetel utility device to be einployedhtor drain ing. dishes prior to the drying process;

' 'Having thus-described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A dish drainer consisting mainly of a pan'having sides and open at one end and provided with feet to rest upon the pan, said grid having one end turned up to coelosed. at the other andhaving a floor sloping down towards its open end, and. a detachable gridin the bottom of sa d pan. and

operate with the sides of the pan to confine the dishes, said turned-up v end having hooks releasably caught upon the sides of the pan.

2. A- dish drainer including a' pan having one end closed andthe other end open, and provided with an inclined floor and having sides tor supporting and confining the dishes, and also including a grid bent or turned upwardly near the open end of the pan to retain the dishes, said pan lnrving at its open end a discharge lip extending-be yond said grid.

3. A dish drainer including a pan having one/end closed and the other endopen, and provided with an inclined floor and having sides for supporting and confining the d islrem and also including a. grid bent or turned "upwardly near the open end of the pan to retain the dishes, said pan having at its open end, a discharge lip extending beyond said grid, said. hentaip portion of: the grid having hooks engaging the sides of the pan to hold the grid detaehably in the pan.

' 4. A dish drainer pan having only one 7 end, two sides and a bottom, the other end being leftopen, an d-a grid having only a bottom and one turned u end" adapted to The dishes to be drained are placed snugly it in said pan with the turned up 7 sides for supporting and confining the dishes, and also including a grid bent or turned upwardlynear the open end of. the pan to retain the dishes, said pan; having at it's open end a discharge lip extending beyond said grid, said bent-up portion of the grid having hooks engaging the sides of the pan to hold the grid detachably in the pan, said griduconsisting of open-meshed wire fabric provided with reinforcing rods, said rods bent to form supporting legs for'the grid. V

6. A dish-drainer pan having integral bent-up sides and end, one end of said drainer pan being open, said drainer pan" inclined 'downvmrdly toward the open end, a grid in said drainer pan, means supporting the grid above the bottom of the pan,

said grid upturned at the open endof the drainer pan to retain the dishes, and means 7 ,C.) of the open end of the pan."

7. A dish drainer comprising a'panhav- .ing one end closed and the other end open, and provided with. an inclined floor and having sides for supporting. and confining the dishes, and also comprising a. grid-bent or turned upwardly near the open. end of the pan to retain the dishes, said'upturned end having a transverse rod, and hooks formed on the ends of the rodto clasp the si'des o'f the pan. I 7 l BIAS a new article. of'manufacture, a detachable grid to cooperate with a dishdraining pan, said grid provided. with.

for preventing the rid from slipping out means to support it, an'd having one end upturned to confine the dishes therein, said upturned end l'iaving at its sides hooks to clasp the sides of the pan.

9. A tilted dish-drainer pan having a. flat bottom with integral. sides and having a discharge endand anv integral rear end, a detachable grid extending troni said rear Whit-t) the discharge end. of the drainer pan, said grid having an upturned endto confine the dishes, and said drainer pan having a lip projectingbeyond said detachable grid, and means for preventing the grid from slipping out oi"; the discl'iarge end of the pan. I I

10. A tilted dislrdrainer pan having a flat bottom with integral sides and an integral rear end, and also haying a discharge end, and a grid extending; from said rear end to the discharge end of the drainer pan, said grid having anupturned end to confine the dishes. ineans beingprovided upon the upturned portion or the grid to detachably 11. The combination of a dishdraining V pan having dish-supporting sides and one closed end and open at the other end, and inclined downwardly from its closed end to its open end, and a grid provided on its under side With projections to support it upon the floor of said pan at the bottom portion thereof, said grid having near the open end of the pan an upturned end to cooperate with the sides of the pan to support and confine the dishes, and means for preventing the grid from slipping out of the open end of the pan.

RILHARD M. SMYTHE. 

